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Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Life Goes On [a.k.a. His Harlem Wife] (1938) [Lost Film]








The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sat, Jan 29, 1938 · Page 21

The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
Sun, Apr 03, 1938 · Page 31

The New York Age
New York, New York
Sat, Feb 12, 1938 · Page 6

The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sat, Jan 08, 1938 · Page 20

Starring:
Storyline
Sally (Beavers) is a loving widow mother who raises two sons, Bob and Henry. Bob grows up to become a lawyer and Henry grows up less successful and associates with the wrong crowd. Henry is wrongly accused of murder and his brother Bob is appointed his lawyer. Bob is forced to fight against a powerful D.A. bent on sending his brother to the gallows.

*** This film is considered lost until notified otherwise. ***

Monday, March 11, 2019

Gone Harlem (1938) [Lost Film]









The Jackson Sun
Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States of America
Sun, Dec 18, 1938 · Page 28
Starring:
Storyline
"A musical comedy drama of life behind the scene in a Harlem movie studio."

*** This film is considered lost until notified otherwise. ***
 

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Bargain With Bullets [a.k.a. Gangsters on the Loose] (1937) [Lost Film]









The New York Age
New York, New York, New York
Sat, Dec 04, 1937 · Page 7


The Town Talk
Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States of America
Tue, Dec 14, 1937 · Page 4


The Town Talk
Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States of America
Wed, Dec 15, 1937 · Page 11


The New York Age
New York, New York, New York
Sat, Nov 13, 1937 · Page 8


The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Aug 14, 1937 · Page 21


The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Oct 09, 1937 · Page 20


The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Oct 30, 1937 · Page 24


The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Nov 27, 1937 · Page 20


The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Oct 30, 1937 · Page 13


The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Oct 09, 1937 · Page 21


The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Oct 16, 1937 · Page 20



The New York Age
New York, New York, New York
Sat, Dec 11, 1937 · Page 8

Starring:
Storyline
"Mugsy" is the leader of a band of fur thieves. He is in love with the beautiful Kay and determined to hold her affection by giving her lavish presents and luxury. The plot is complicated by Grace, Mugsy's schoolday sweetheart. She remembers him only as Eddie, the boy who loved to be near her before he drifted away into underworld company and the wiles of a heartless schemer. Still loving him, she becomes a famous radio singer when by the tides of fate their paths cross again. Lieutenant Lester finally solves the robberies and murders and runs down Mugsy's gang of criminals.

*** This film is considered lost until notified otherwise. ***

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Zouzou (1934)










































Starring:



Storyline
As children, Zouzou (Joséphine Baker) and Jean (Jean Gabin) performed together in a circus. Onstage, they were falsely billed as brother and sister, but in truth Zouzou harbored a secret love for her costar. As an adult, she now works as a laundress, and it seems as if her showbiz days are over. But everything changes when Jean helps land her a spot dancing at a Paris theater. Zouzou rockets to stardom, even as Jean's romance with her friend Claire (Yvette Lebon) leaves her lovelorn.